What to see, hear and do this week, April 13–19

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ART + DESIGN

Black Art Salon at the Edge of the Universe. A collaborative performance by Jeremy Avalon of WERC Crew and comic book artist and musician Afua Richardso is followed by a discussion with Gallery 72’s Kevin Sipp, the culminating event of the Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch exhibition at Emory’s Rose Library. April 13 at 6:30 p.m. Woodruff Library, Emory University.

The Art Sermon: A Lecture by Theaster Gates. The acclaimed visual artist and director of the Rebuild Foundation gives a special presentation crossing boundaries between archive, lecture, art and performance. April 18 at 7 p.m. Cannon Chapel, Emory University.

THEATER

Grease. Serenbe Playhouse presents a site-specific outdoor production of the classic 1971 musical about rebellious teenagers in the 1950s at the dawn of the era of rock ‘n’ roll. Through April 16. Serenbe.

Matilda. A touring version of the acclaimed West End show based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 children’s novel about a precocious girl who leads a rebellion against a bullying teacher arrives at the Fabulous Fox. April 18–23. Fox Theatre.

BOOKS

Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer presents his new novel set in Europe during World War II. April 13 at 7 p.m. Atlanta History Center.

Pearl McHaney, Connecting Lines: Individuals and Communities. McHaney, Professor of Southern Literature at Georgia State University, speaks about themes of individuality versus community in the novels A Mercy and Beloved by Toni Morrison. April 19 at 7:15 p.m. Decatur Library.

Andrew Alexander is an Atlanta-based arts journalist who covers theater, visual art, dance, music, books, fashion, film and opera. He has twice been voted "Atlanta’s Best Critic" by readers of Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing in the publication’s annual "Best of Atlanta" issue, and local arts website Burnaway has dubbed him “Atlanta’s favorite critic.” He was a 2015 Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, and in 2014 he was selected to participate in the Arts Writing Workshop, a partnership between the International Art Critics Association and the Creative Capital-Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program, for a mentorship with renowned Wall Street Journal art critic Peter Plagens. He can’t dance, but he performed a supernumerary role in Nick Cave’s 2015 performance work "Rise Up, Atlanta," and soon after he curated and DJ-ed the dance performance event Honey, You Know Where to Find Me presented by the Lucky Penny in June of 2015. He loves art, travel, bourbon and old records.